Lincoln High school is made up of 95 percent white students, 2 percent of african american students, and 3 percent of hispanic and other . There is not very much diversity involved in Lincoln High School. Lincoln is located in the wealthier part of Rhode Island, but also has it's few less fortunate areas. More of the caucasion race lives in this area, sterotypically, that is why there is less african american students attending Lincoln.
School Analysis
Accoring to Information Works 2007 school reports, Lincoln High School is making insufficient progress on it's school performance accountability. There were only twelve targets met out of thriteen. All thirteen targets must be met in order to be making sufficient progress.
The graduation rate of Rhode Island schools are 75.3 percent and the graduation rate of Lincoln High School is high, with a percentage of 95.2. The participaction rate and target for Rhode Island in math is 54.0 percent, and 68.8 percent in english. For all students in math 79.2 percent participate, and in english 89.2 percent. White students in math; 78.9 percent and 89.7 percent in english. For the students with disabilities in math, missed the target with 48.1 percent and just made the target in english with 69.4 percent. This information is the school performance classifications based on test scores, and participation rates on tests, and graduation rates.
There is 98 percent of white teachers, and 2 percent of african american teachers. There are more male teachers, reaching 58 percent, and 42 percent of the teachers are women.
According to the students at Lincoln High School, only 14 percent of students feel as though they can talk to teachers or a member of the staff about any personal or family issues that are constantly going on in their lives. This is a very small percent, teachers and staff are supposed to give comfort to students. This percentage shows that the staff there is possibly not concerned with the lives of their students, as they should be. Feeling as though they can't talk to anyone may reduce their quality in their school work. A good teacher would connect one on one with their students, be welcoming, and be able to have a conversation to help and advise them. A small percent of students reported that not getting along with their teachers is not a big hassle in school, and a larger percent of students reported that drug dealing and being robbed were bigger issues. This leads us to the health and saftey of the school.
Health risks, behavior, and practices according to the SALT survey, show that the largest percent of health risks in this school is the consumption of alcohol, with 49 percent of students. Following is the use of drugs, such as marijuana, uppers, downers, inhalants, etc.. with a percentage of 30. Fifty one percent of Lincoln High School students have 5 or more alcoholic drinks once or twice each weekend. One of the major health issues is the amount of sleep students recieve each night. 70 percent of the students say that they only recieve about 7 hours or less every night. Another issue is obesity and acne, 43 percent of students say that they worry about these and say that they effect their social life and constantly worry about what other think. Only a small percentage of students feel as though they belong, and have trouble in school.
Parental involvement; 78 percent of parents report that they feel that they are connected and viewed as important partners. According to the parents of the students, 85 percent of them agree that the community supports the school. On the other hand, parents would like more teachers to contace them if there is any problems with the student in school, and only 42 percent of teachers do. The parent involvement in Lincoln is greater with extracurricular activities than educational purposes.
An option that is available to students at Lincoln High School, is Advanced Placement. Seventy seniors opted to take the exam, and 113 students showed up to actually take it. Out of the 113 students, 68 of them scored at the college level, over half, so about 60 percent.
The disciple at Lincoln High School is strict, but also thrown around. The number one offence, with 53 students, was out of school suspension for insubordination. The second highest offence, with 51 students was for using obscene and abusive language towards a teahcer, resulting also in out of school suspension.
As for the extra-curricular activities and after school involvement, Lincoln provides a wide variety of them. For activities, there are publishing clubs, performing arts, and academic and social clubs. For sports, they offer football, men and womens basketball, volleyball, soccer, lacrosse, swimming, track and field,and cross country.
If someone wanted to look up information on the school, Lincoln provides a nice website where there are links to the academics, programs, and other information. There are also pictures showing the involvement of students, and makes the page more interesting for the person who is looking at it.
Conclusion
Lincoln High School overall would be a good school to send your child. The community is also a very nice one to live, which means that your child will probably have a good learning experienece, and also have a numerous amount of clubs, and extra curricular activities to participate in. Despite missing the accountablility target, the school still has it's many upsides, and has room to work on these targets.
Title: Lincoln High School
Community Background
Lincoln High school is made up of 95 percent white students, 2 percent of african american students, and 3 percent of hispanic and other . There is not very much diversity involved in Lincoln High School. Lincoln is located in the wealthier part of Rhode Island, but also has it's few less fortunate areas. More of the caucasion race lives in this area, sterotypically, that is why there is less african american students attending Lincoln.School Analysis
Accoring to Information Works 2007 school reports, Lincoln High School is making insufficient progress on it's school performance accountability. There were only twelve targets met out of thriteen. All thirteen targets must be met in order to be making sufficient progress.The graduation rate of Rhode Island schools are 75.3 percent and the graduation rate of Lincoln High School is high, with a percentage of 95.2. The participaction rate and target for Rhode Island in math is 54.0 percent, and 68.8 percent in english. For all students in math 79.2 percent participate, and in english 89.2 percent. White students in math; 78.9 percent and 89.7 percent in english. For the students with disabilities in math, missed the target with 48.1 percent and just made the target in english with 69.4 percent. This information is the school performance classifications based on test scores, and participation rates on tests, and graduation rates.
There is 98 percent of white teachers, and 2 percent of african american teachers. There are more male teachers, reaching 58 percent, and 42 percent of the teachers are women.
According to the students at Lincoln High School, only 14 percent of students feel as though they can talk to teachers or a member of the staff about any personal or family issues that are constantly going on in their lives. This is a very small percent, teachers and staff are supposed to give comfort to students. This percentage shows that the staff there is possibly not concerned with the lives of their students, as they should be. Feeling as though they can't talk to anyone may reduce their quality in their school work. A good teacher would connect one on one with their students, be welcoming, and be able to have a conversation to help and advise them. A small percent of students reported that not getting along with their teachers is not a big hassle in school, and a larger percent of students reported that drug dealing and being robbed were bigger issues. This leads us to the health and saftey of the school.
Health risks, behavior, and practices according to the SALT survey, show that the largest percent of health risks in this school is the consumption of alcohol, with 49 percent of students. Following is the use of drugs, such as marijuana, uppers, downers, inhalants, etc.. with a percentage of 30. Fifty one percent of Lincoln High School students have 5 or more alcoholic drinks once or twice each weekend. One of the major health issues is the amount of sleep students recieve each night. 70 percent of the students say that they only recieve about 7 hours or less every night. Another issue is obesity and acne, 43 percent of students say that they worry about these and say that they effect their social life and constantly worry about what other think. Only a small percentage of students feel as though they belong, and have trouble in school.
Parental involvement; 78 percent of parents report that they feel that they are connected and viewed as important partners. According to the parents of the students, 85 percent of them agree that the community supports the school. On the other hand, parents would like more teachers to contace them if there is any problems with the student in school, and only 42 percent of teachers do. The parent involvement in Lincoln is greater with extracurricular activities than educational purposes.
An option that is available to students at Lincoln High School, is Advanced Placement. Seventy seniors opted to take the exam, and 113 students showed up to actually take it. Out of the 113 students, 68 of them scored at the college level, over half, so about 60 percent.
The disciple at Lincoln High School is strict, but also thrown around. The number one offence, with 53 students, was out of school suspension for insubordination. The second highest offence, with 51 students was for using obscene and abusive language towards a teahcer, resulting also in out of school suspension.
As for the extra-curricular activities and after school involvement, Lincoln provides a wide variety of them. For activities, there are publishing clubs, performing arts, and academic and social clubs. For sports, they offer football, men and womens basketball, volleyball, soccer, lacrosse, swimming, track and field,and cross country.
If someone wanted to look up information on the school, Lincoln provides a nice website where there are links to the academics, programs, and other information. There are also pictures showing the involvement of students, and makes the page more interesting for the person who is looking at it.
Conclusion
Lincoln High School overall would be a good school to send your child. The community is also a very nice one to live, which means that your child will probably have a good learning experienece, and also have a numerous amount of clubs, and extra curricular activities to participate in. Despite missing the accountablility target, the school still has it's many upsides, and has room to work on these targets.References
http://www.lincolnps.org/HighSchool/life.htmhttp://infoworks.ride.uri.edu/2007/queries/FindSch.asp
http://infoworks.ride.uri.edu/2007/pdf/achievement/17110H-achi.pdf
http://www.ridoe.org/